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pedetentously

Adverb CEFR C1

Definitions

In a pedetentous fashion; cautiously; gradually.

formal, rare

Examples

“I ask⟳ you who you are, and what are you riving at Dr. W. I am advancing pedetentously.”
“With slow and cautious steps under the auspices of the Berlin. Academy, is now moving on, not pedetentously (to borrow a word coined by Sydney Smith), but by...”
“Known my feelings for she played dolente (dolefully) an erotica (a love⟳ song), singing of the whispering tentaculifera as they stealthily and pedetentously.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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